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08/13
Kyla
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The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex (Paperback) by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence bookshelves: anarchism-and-socialchange, currently-reading |
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05/06
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Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition (Thrift Edition) by Walt Whitman bookshelves: brain-candy, currently-reading |
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01/13
Kyla
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PERMACULTURE: A Designers' Manual (Hardcover) by Bill Mollison bookshelves: agro-ecology, currently-reading |
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recommended to Kyla la Bombe by:
Permaculture designer's course
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Kyla la Bombe
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The Winter of Our Discontent (Paperback) by John Steinbeck bookshelves: brain-candy |
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recommended to Kyla la Bombe by:
my sweetheart's favorite book.
read in September, 2008 
Kyla said:
"In the most hesitant, slowly thoughtful, careful way possible: I don't get it.
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| August 26 | ||
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Kyla la Bombe
added The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
to the book list The Movie was BETTER than the Book
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Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories (Paperback) by Ghassan Kanafani bookshelves: brain-candy |
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Ghassan in Beit Sahour
read in August, 2008
Kyla said:
"A short novella about Palestinian refugees struggling to make ends meet and deciding to try and smuggle themselves to Kuwait for work, and some other stories. Good.Even better was the story of how I came upon this book: A few years ago I spent a ...more " |
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| August 19 | ||
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Red Emma Speaks: Selected Writings and Speeches (Hardcover) by Emma Goldman bookshelves: anarchism-and-socialchange |
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Arthur
read in August, 2008
Kyla said:
"As it says in the intro to this book, not much of what Goldman says is unique-- you can find better articulated arguments for anarcho-syndicalism and anti-militarism elsewhere. This isn't the book to learn anarchist theory. But in each of these ess...more
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| August 13 | ||
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Kyla la Bombe
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The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex (Paperback) by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence bookshelves: anarchism-and-socialchange, currently-reading |
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| August 04 | ||
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Kyla la Bombe
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Navigating the Space Between Brillance and Madness by The Icarus Project bookshelves: health |
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recommended for: people who feel crazy
read in August, 2008
Kyla said:
"So, read the last page "outroduction" piece first, to give you a heads up: this anthology/reader on mental health doesn't take into account environmental effects, abuse history, trauma, race, class, gender, etc. etc. That's a big deal, and...more
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| July 31 | ||
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Kyla la Bombe
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Support (zine) by Cindy Crabb bookshelves: health |
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recommended for: everyone. really. whether you read it in solidarity or because you're there, please read it.
Kyla said:
"This is the zine I most often recommend.
It is for people who have survived assault and abuse, and for people who know or will know a survivor. That's all of us. Please read this, it'll make you a better lover, stronger friend, and help you he...more " |
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| July 23 | ||
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Kyla la Bombe
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Coal River (Hardcover) by Michael Shnayerson bookshelves: enviro-justice |
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| July 18 | ||
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Kyla la Bombe
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Ignition: What You Can Do to Fight Global Warming and Spark a Movement (Paperback) by Sissel Waage bookshelves: enviro-justice |
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| July 15 | ||
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Kyla la Bombe
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Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness Radical Strip Mining and the Devastation ofAppalachia (Paperback) by Erik Reece bookshelves: enviro-justice |
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recommended for: those looking for "the book" to understand mountain top removal coal mining
read in June, 2008
Kyla said:
"Despite this book's tone (casual) and length (short), it was packed with science, statistics, and stories. Reece seemed to be going for some sort of nature essays, but what he ended up with was solid journalism and a very readable, informative book....more
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Kyla's favorite quotes
"Pessimism is the luxury of the powerful."
— Fatima Mernissi (Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood)
— Fatima Mernissi (Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood)
"What you do for your own happiness should ultimately make everyone happy."
— Lalithambika Antharjanam (Cast Me Out If You Will: Stories and Memoir)
— Lalithambika Antharjanam (Cast Me Out If You Will: Stories and Memoir)
"Joy beats oppression."
— Jack Terricloth
— Jack Terricloth
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dane. 30 books 11 friends |
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Lester 250 books 10 friends |
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Taylor 4 books 13 friends |
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Zaynah 21 books 4 friends |
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